Visible light photocatalytic activity in nitrogen-doped TiO2 nanobelts

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  De Tafen, Nyago ^a   Wang, Jin ^b   Wu, Nianqiang ^b   Lewis, James P ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; NANOBELTS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

ANATASE TIO; BAND GAPS; ENHANCED ABSORPTIONS; LOCALIZED STATE; NITROGEN-DOPED; PHOTO-CATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; THEORETICAL STUDIES; UV-VISIBLE SPECTRUM; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; VISIBLE LIGHTS; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATIONS;

NITROGEN;

EID: 62149143241     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3093820     Document Type: Article

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